It struck me that what I'd heard about certain celebrities was true: they had It, whatever the hell It was. Star power isn't a myth; it is tangible and forceful.

A father's disappointment can be a very powerful tool.

I guess that's what I was: a set of abs. And they lit the abs and shot the abs and sent the abs on their way. The photographer didn't look at my face once. I was humiliated.

I like parties, but I'm shy, and I often find myself standing around, feeling awkward.

My father was a sergeant with the Connecticut state police. My mother was a hairstylist.

I too have my own demons, and I have struggled. I've made my own mistakes, and I'm not proud of them.

I began to believe the fairy tales: You know, how we're all out there looking for our magical missing half.

I spent two weeks prancing around a studio in Queens in my underwear with nine other guys. They were long days. But what the hell, it was Calvin Klein.

I'd gone to Manhattan to become a model.

I wasn't even 20 at the time, but it taught me something about drugs. They can take a good man, a warm, funny, loving family man, and turn him into a loser and worse.

I'd been around women who put me down, made me feel bad, or said things to fuel my insecurity.

Convince people that you need them, and watch what they do.

Reading is an escape people use in order to get away from reality. It is a chance to be free and explore who you are.

Meeting him was a miracle. He was a precious gift sent from God from heaven above!

Are they Russian by way of the Ozarks?

Nobody does good to men with impunity.

When you lose the title, that doesn't mean you lose the contract to what you had. Just like when you win the title, it doesn't mean you win brains, PhDs and MAs.

You will not think it unnatural that those who have an object depending, which strongly engages their hopes and fears, should be somewhat inclining to superstition.

Peace without Justice is a low estate,— A coward cringing to an iron Fate! But Peace through Justice is the great ideal,— We'll pay the price of war to make it real.

I will remember this word," he said. "Shenanigans. It is a good word.

I wonder if Harley-Davidson makes a unicycle